In the U.S. and Europe, nearly forty percent of new generating capacity installed over the last four years was wind energy, according to GE. China hopes to increase its wind capacity to 100-GW by 2025, and the European Union has a target to reach 27 percent of electricity production from renewable energy sources by 2030. The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2014 finds that global energy demand could grow by 37 percent by 2040.

GE has invested approximately $2 billion in wind technology since 2002.

As for the near future, GE will supply 100-MW of wind turbines for Kenya and Morocco; 50-MW for Pakistan; and 34-MW for Croatia.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Three South Korean workers died Friday after apparently inhaling toxic gas at a construction site for a nuclear plant being built by South Korea's monopoly nuclear power company, which has come un...

ORONO, Maine (AP) — The University of Maine has tested its largest wind turbine blade to date.
UMaine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center completed static strength testing this month of a 184-foot-long wind turbine...

Clean Energy Future-Lordstown LLC plans an 800-MW, gas-fired power project, and on Dec. 24 applied with the Ohio Power Siting Board for certain routine waivers it needs before filing a full siting application for this proj...

A woman who worked for Vermont's Department of Public Service for 17 years is going to become the next member of the utility-regulating Public Service Board.
The appointment of Sarah Hofmann was announced Monday by Gov. Pe...

Gov. Jerry Brown named a former adviser on Tuesday to be the next head of California's troubled utilities commission, replacing a regulatory chief accused of back-channel dealings with utilities.
Michael Picker, a former a...

Greenhouse gas emissions in Washington state dropped by about 4.6 percent between 2010 and 2011, led by reductions in emissions from the electricity sector, according to the latest figures released by the state.
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State regulators in less than two weeks are to begin deliberating a proposal that calls for shutting down part of an aging coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico that serves more than 2 million customers in the ...

The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is getting ready to shut down.
Its owner, Entergy Corp., says it is closing the plant for economic reasons. The plant in Vernon is expected to disconnect from the regional power grid Monday.

A French power and transportation company has agreed to pay $772 million to resolve allegations that it bribed high-ranking foreign government officials for lucrative projects, the Justice Department said Monday.